Onyinye Okafor, a finance lawyer, is a regular advisor to international banks including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, and Standard Chartered Bank on complex derivatives and structured finance transactions, and was a key member of the team that reviewed the netting provisions of CAMA 2020. She has led and advised on major syndicated and structured deals, including a ₦200 billion medium-term facility for MTN Nigeria, refinancing transactions for IHS Nigeria, and several trade and inventory finance transactions involving global and regional lenders, as well as DFIs such as IFC, FMO, Proparco, AFDB, AFC, and IFAD.

Highly skilled in LMA investment and leveraged finance documentation, Onyinye regularly drafts, reviews, and negotiates finance and security documents, advising on security creation and perfection, FX issues, and close-out netting enforceability. She is an active contributor to sustainable finance initiatives, a published author, a frequent trainer, and is recognised by IFLR1000 and Legal 500 for her banking and finance expertise.